Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly, a play by David Belasco (1853–1931)
Not to be confused with the play M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang.
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An adaption of the short story Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long (1861–1927), in turn based on the recollections of his sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband. Belasco's adaptation (like his play The Girl of the Golden West) was, more famously perhaps, adapted as the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.
Translations and adaptations
Belasco's adaptation (like his play The Girl of the Golden West) was, more famously perhaps, adapted as the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.
Puccini's opera again inspired the 1988 play M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang.
Performance history in South Africa
1982: Performed in April by the Market Theatre Company in the Market Theatre Restaurant, directed by Richard Haines, with Vanessa Cooke, Beverley Melnick, David Eppel, Robert Whitehead, Charlotte Ewins. Design by Murray Weyer, Music by John Oakley Smith.
1982: Performed in the Baxter Studio.
Sources
Pat Schwartz.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Butterfly_(play)
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